Clackamas

1. June Creek Br. to Collawash River

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May 3, 2026

Ultra-technical and still fun

ReporterTeresa Gryder
Gauge Reading1300 cfs at CLACKAMAS RIVER ABOVE THREE LYNX CREEK, OR
FlowLow Flow

This run was remodeled by the December 2025 floods and some rapids, like Monolith, are significantly different. That said it was still fun in hardshells & packrafts with a 3 lynx gauge reading of 1300 CFS, which translates to less than a third of that where we were paddling. There was one place just upstream from the hotsprings where two logs blocked the entire wet channel and it would have been an easy portage on the left but we ducked the logs on the left edge of the channel and made it. We also portaged Monolith, it still had the large log on the right (out of play at this low flow) and another piece of wood between the two large rocks in the middle. It did have a line--start right move left and punch hole.

Ultra-technical and still fun – Clackamas – 1. June Creek Br. to Collawash River | American Whitewater